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In 1977 the JCE Group AB, founder of Consafe Offshore AB, built the world’s first purpose built flotel semi-submersible, named Safe Astoria. Since that

Image courtesy Reuters HONG KONG (MarketWatch)–The South Korean market led the way for hefty stock losses in Asia Friday, as risk appetite evaporated on

HOUSTON— (Dow Jones) The only thing that surprised the energy industry more than ExxonMobil Corp.’s mammoth oil find in the Gulf of Mexico is

Photo Seanews Turkey A Latvian captain has been placed under arrest after his ship ran aground, allegedly while the man was drunk.  The cargo vessel ALVA was

[youtube width=”600″ height=”506″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kO073dcrcy4 Go figure… I can’t imagine the decision to

Puerto Rican-based Epps Shipping Company was sentenced today in federal court to pay a $700,000 fine for violation of the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships

Bollinger Shipyards has issued a statement in response yesterday’s lawsuit filed against them by the U.S. Department of Justice.  The complaint alleges

Global Summary of Piracy and Maritime Crime – Week of 11 August 2011 (Source: ONI) NIGERIA: Unidentified gunmen exploded a bomb on 11 August at 0240 LT

Photo courtesy Royal Navy Yesterday, an 8,000-ton section of the HMS Queen Elizabeth, the first of the Queen Elizabeth class of supercarriers, began the 600

The Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) released their Marine Casualty Report yesterday morning, going into great detail the circumstances leading to last

Today the US Navy asks Facebook users, “Do You Like Us?” and “Do You Want To Play A Game?” These questions might sound like chatter

The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Matagorda after its conversion to 123 feet. March 2004. Photo by PA3 Jonathan McCool, USCG The federal government today filed suit

China has launched a satellite that will survey the maritime environment to help prevent and reduce maritime disasters, according to a report from Voice of

Image courtesy Maersk By Flemming Emil Hansen, Dow Jones & Co COPENHAGEN—Shipping and oil company A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S warned Wednesday that new

The Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) Maritime Administrator has today released the DEEPWATER HORIZON Marine Casualty Investigation Report (RMI

The Russian Investigative Committee said Monday that numerous safety violations and a poorly trained crew are to blame for the July 10 sinking of the

A livestock carrier is stranded at Port Adelaide with approximately 67,000 sheep on board. The Al Messilah, an aging Kuwaiti-flagged live animal export vessel,

Image courtesy Frontline SINGAPORE (Dow Jones)–Asia’s crude tanker market may stay depressed by heavy supply as September booking begins, but

Rambler 100 skipper George David is interviewed this morning following the dramatic capsize of his yacht and successful rescue of his crew.

      2011 gCaptain Pirate Quiz to test your knowledge of the marauders that plague our seas. Scorecard: 0-50% Pirate Bait 50-60% Landlubber In

  Photo: Daniel Forster/Rolex Rambler 100, holder of the transatlantic record and one of the favorites to win this year’s Fastnet Race, capsized

U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood has announced today $9.98 million in grants to 13 small U.S. shipyards through the U.S. Maritime Administrations Small

I wonder if using their backhoe as a giant paddle was part of their plan all along… Or maybe the backhoe and the barge were in cahoots the whole

By Katarina Gustafsson Aiming to supplement its fleet in the arctic, American drilling giant Transocean Ltd. said it plans to acquire Norwegian drilling-rig

Royal Marine Commandos board a merchant ship which had been attacked in the Red Sea. (ROYAL NAVY) In the fading light of an August afternoon, the specialist